Cant-hook



(No Model.)

C. NYGAARD.

CANT HOOK.

No. 406,297. Patented July 2, 1889.

WIT SE8 IJV'VE/VZ'OQ MMfQD KUM N PETERS. Phnlnhthogmphan Washington. D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHRISTIAN NYGAARD, OF OSHKOSH, \VISOONSIN.

CANT-HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 406,297, dated July 2, 1889.

Application filed February 28, 1889. Serial No. 301,5f38. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, CHRISTIAN NYGAARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Oshkosh, in the county of \Ninnebago and State of hVisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cant-Hooks; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in cant-hooks with pikes, and the objects of my improvements are, first, to provide a pike with a better and surer engaging-surface toward the log, and, second, to provide a better and surer means of engaging the ice or deck. I attain these objects by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawin gs, in which Figure l is a top or front view of the canthook; Fig. 2, a side View, and Fig. 3 a bottom view, of the pike; and Fig. 4. represents a crosssectional view at the center of the pike.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

B is the hook, fastened to the handle A by the clip or clamp E.

C is a metal pike inserted in the lower end of the handle A and secured and protected by the toe-ferrule D.

This implement is used for two purposes Viz., as a cant-hook proper, and as a pry to raise, roll, or slide logs. The cant-hook is arranged upon the handle so as to be at right angles to the line of movement when using the implement as a pry, so, when using it for the last-named purpose, the pike will be in the position shown in Fig. 2, the edges n engaging the log and the edge 1 engaging the ice or deck.

I construct the pike with a depression in the central portion of the top surface at c, Fig. 1, similar to a spoon, so that the edges 72 n are practically sharpened, and, when engaging the log, out into the surface of the log, so as to more fully engage it than if the surface were flat, which feature is of great importance when desiring to more the log endwise, as I shall hereinafter more fully set forth. I also curve the lower end of the pike upwardly, so as to present a curved upper face to the log at about the same curvature as the surface of the log, as shown in Fig. 2, and I thereby present a greater en gaging-surface to the log than if the pike were straight. The lower edge 1' is also curved downward from the point m, so as to present a circular bearing for the pry to rock upon as the handle is raised or lowered.

The bottom of the pike, Fig. 3, is grooved longitudinally upon each side 6 6, so, as to present a central edge e, practically sharp, to engage the surface of the ice or deck. I claim this feature is of great importance, as I have found by continued use and application of the implement, for the reason that very often in using the implement it becomes necessary to move the log endwise, either when resting upon ice or upon another log in apile or load. By this latter feature of my invention, when the pry is inserted under or between logs and the log raised by action of the lever the edge 1' cuts into and becomes securely embedded in the ice or surface of the supporting-log, and thereby fastened, so that by moving the handle to either side the log is forced endwise in the opposite direction, and to the desired position byrepeating the movement, if necessary; and by having the upper surface hollowed, so that the edges 12 n are practically sharp, I better accomplish this same purpose, as I have heretofore stated.

By having the grooves e e and adopting the construction shown in Fig. 4 I also reduce the weight of the implement to a minimum, which is an important feature, and the projection 1' serves as a brace to strengthen the pike in a direction with the line of operation.

Therefore, what I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a cant-hook, the combination, with the handle A, of a pike inserted in the end thereof, having an upper broad face depressed spoon-like and curved upwardly, the sides of the pike grooved longitudinally to form a lower circular sharp edge bearing from the point backward when used as a pry, the hookthereof being at right angles to the line of movement, substantially as shown, for the purposes specified.

2. A pike bent upwardly to form a pry and 5 tapered from below to a broad sharp edge at the end, the upper surface being depressed spo0n-1ike, and with longitudinal grooves on each side to form a sharp engaging lower edge at right angles with the end, substantially as IO shown, for the purposes specified.

Acant-hook provided with a pike havin a recess or depression on one side, the edges of the recess being sharp to prevent side slipping of the pike when used as a pry, and having a wedge-shaped bearing-edge opposite I 5 the recessed side.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHRISTIAN NYGAARD. Vitnesses:

ARBELL HILTON, ELMER LEACH. 

